What Is It XXIII - Answers

These were tough ones. I went to a place called The Wilds in Cumberland, Ohio. They have a neat area and my daughter took me there after our trip to Tappan Lake. We rode on a safari type bus with no windows. It was dusty but the photos came out well. They have a lot of endangered species on the grounds. I have at least 100 photos from the trip. The header is a group of Asian Rhino getting cooled off.

#1 is a Bactrian Camel which is shedding its Winter Coat. Joan did get this on her second guess.
#2 is a Fringe-Eared Oryx. Joan did mention an Oryx in an E-mail but really didn't get the fringe ear.

#3 was a Giraffe Ear, this was a Rothschild's Giraffe. Craig was the first to guess it.

I hope you had fun.

What Is It XXIII

What Is It is a little late coming out after a strange day. Fought through a headache then went shopping with the wife. These are three tough ones, surely my friend Craig will get a couple.

#1 Put your thinking caps on.
#2 The clue is right in front of you.

#3 this may be a dead give-away but I'm showing it anyways.

They are nature shots taken by me but where was I?

My World # 40

This is my posting for the My World Meme. It is hosted by Klaus, Ivar, Sandy, Wren, Louise and myself. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive.

I made a trip to Nashville with the wife and stayed at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. This is one of the indoor garden areas called the Cascades. Check out the dual waterfalls.
The flowers abound throughout the hotel. It is located next to Opryland.

We opted out on Opryland this time because the wife found a show the same night at the Loveless Barn. It is located next to the famous Loveless Cafe. Steve Wariner was doing a tribute to Chet Atkins. We had supper with the band (well, one table over). The guy on the left side is Steve's brother.

The show was wonderful and Steve is an accomplished guitar player. He sang and wrote "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" and "I'm Already Taken".

It was a neat tribute to Chet Adkins and the money went to his scholarship fund.

Ray Stevens of "The Streak" fame was there because he was a friend of Chet's.

The trip home was spiced up by visiting with George and Betsy Adams, friends and fellow bloggers. Yes, you do make friends while blogging. Check out Betsy's great write up of the meeting on her blog.

You can see some neat parts of the world by visiting other parts of My World.

Today's Flowers # 48

My friend Luiz from Brazil does the Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. Sunday at 4 GMT is the post time.

The wife and I made a vacation trip to Nashville and stayed at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The gardens there are beautiful. Here are four Hibiscus that were among the flowers. The grey on this one is really something.
There are so many sights for the eyes.

Can you believe the colors on this one.

This one is quite different.

See other great flowers at the site above.

Camera Critters # 66

Camera Critters by Misty Dawn, go here to see who's participating.

This is a story of the local doe that came for a discovery. She did know I was watching and called out, "What are you going to do, Fishing Guy. Did you plant something for me".

Click on this one to see the expression.
"Oh my, zucchini leaves are tasty."

"Oh yes. I enjoyed this very much."

Mrs. Deer then said "Do you have some more to eat? Why yes, a food feeder."

Mrs. Deer, that is a bird feeder. Oh well, a new critter has eaten from the feeder.

Okay Soccer Boy, go and get her. The deer is on the left of the shed and Soccer Boy goes to the right. Will you look at that quiet stalk. They both move behind the shed and meet 5 foot from each other. She feeds very close and my youngest grandson has a close encounter of the nature kind. The deer runs off and Soccer runs back to tell everyone about the encounter.

See other great encounters with critters at the above site.

Sky Watch Fridays # 52

Sky Watch Friday is one year old with the new format. Please check out the site and link in if you wish to participate. There were a lot of people with beautiful Sky photos last week. You can link in from my side bar or at the start of this post. I got back from the trip late but wanted to join in.

Viking Vineyard gave me this shots over the lake as the sun is setting.
This is a look at the moon over the grapevines. Can you see the moon as it starts to rise?